Folding chair or settee



(No Model.)

H. J. HARWOOD.

FOLDING CHAIR OR SBTTBE.

Patented Oct. 30, 1888.

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HERBERT JOSEPH HARl/VOOD, OF LITTLETON, ASSIGNOR TO THE I-IAR\VOODMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING CHAIR OR SETTEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,965, dated October30, 1888.

Application filed May 10, 1887. Serial No. 237,725. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT JOSEPH HAR- WOOD, of Littleton, in thecounty of Middlcsex of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Folding Ohai rs or Settees; and I dohereby de clare the same to be described in the following specificationand represented in the acconr 'panying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is atop view, and Fig. 2 an end elevation, of a folding settee composed oftwo chairs provided with my invention, the nature of which is defined inthe claim hereinafter presented, the seat of each chair being shown asturned up, against the back of such chair. Fig.- 3 is a top view, andFig. 4 an end elevation, of a folding settee of a somewhat differentconstruction having such invention, its seats being represented asturned upward against their backs. Fig.5 is an end View of the chair orsettee as folded.

The chair and settee have one common principle of construction to admitof each being folded, each seat A being fastened upon a shaft, B, havingjournals projecting from its ends into bearings in the two next adjacentposts G of the back D. When turned down, the seat rests upon a cushionedbar, E, con necting the upper ends of the two lever or front legs, F F,such legs at their upper parts being joined with the back legs, G G, byarms I-I, arranged as represented and pivoted to the said lever-legs andthe back legs. The two lever-legs F, further connected by a bar, I, arearranged between and cross the back legs. Each of such lever-legs F isgrooved lengthwise, as shownat a, to receive a stud, b, which goesthrough the back leg and extends into the By means of the said groovessaid groove.

and studs and the arms II the levcrlegs may be folded or turned fromtheir positions, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, upward to the seat,when the latter is turned up to the back. \Vhen so folded, each leverlegwill take a position as to the seat and next contiguous back leg, as isshown in Fig. 5.

In Fig. 3 the double chair or scttee is represented as having but threeback posts, whereas in Fig. 1 it is shown as having four of such posts,such being common in the manufacture of settees.

I am aware of a folding chair which has slots in its longer legs, inwhich slots are pins projecting from the shorter legs. This chair foldsby slipping the shorter legs downwardly, thus increasing the length ofthe chair. In my device, the slots being in the shorter legs, they slipupwardly. Thus the folded chair is no longer than the length of the backand longer legs-i. 6., the length of the chair is not increased byfolding. This is an important point in packing these chairs away whennot in use or for transportation.

That I claim is The combination of the shorter or front legs, F F,having the slots a a, the longer or back legs, G G, having the pins 1) bin said slots, the arms H, hinged to both front and back legs, with theback D, having posts 0 0 above the legs G G, and the seat A, hinged tothe said posts, whereby when the chair is folded the shorter legs slipupwardly, as and for the purpose set forth.

HERBER'I JOSEPII HAR\VOOD.

W'itnesses:

R. H. EDDY, R. B. TORREY.

